简介：CinemaBrazilGrandPrize Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s) 2000 Nominated CinemaBrazilGrandPrize BestDocumentary(MelhorDocumentário) RenatoBarbieri SilverDaisyAwards,Brazil Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s) 1999 Won SilverDaisy RenatoBarbieri ThewatersoftheAtlanticbroughttheslavesfromAfricatoBrazil,theirbodiesinchainsbuttheirsoulsstilltiedtomotherAfrica.ThisBrazilian-madefilmtakesustobothshores,tohowspirituallife,danceandsongcamewiththecaptivepeopleandtookrootinthenewsoil. DocumentaryabouttheAfricaninfluenceonBrazilianreligiosity.ThisdocumentaryillustratestheculturallinkbetweenBrazilandWestAfrica.GeslavectradefromAfricatotheNewWorldinthelate17thcenturyandthereturnofformerslavesfromBraziltoWestAfricainthe19thcenturyhaveleftsustantialtrailsandhadaconsiderableimpact.'AtlanticoNegro'attemptstobringtogetherthetrailsandcontactstoformarecognisablewhole,depictingWestAfricainanewlight.…